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Suppose, instead, that Bruce used 6 full boxes of tiles plus an additional 2 tiles, and Felicia used 5 full boxes of tiles plus an additional 17 tiles. If they each used the same number of tiles, how many tiles were in each box? Type the correct answer in the box. Use numerals instead of words.

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MrRoyal

The amount of tiles they used is an illustration of linear function

There are 15 tiles in each box

Represent the number of tiles in a box with x.

So, the amounts of tiles used by both are:

Bruce = 6x + 2

Felicia = 5x + 17

They used the same amount of tiles.

So, we have:

[tex]6x + 2 = 5x + 17[/tex]

Collect like terms

[tex]6x - 5x = 17 - 2[/tex]

Subtract the expressions

[tex]x = 15[/tex]

Hence, there are 15 tiles in each box

Read more about linear functions at:

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chrisrainey

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